Amazon Community Fund Awards $150,000 to 16 Local Organizations in Missouri, With Grants of Up to $12,000
Communities in Montgomery County, Missouri, received a round of local funding on October 30, as the Amazon Montgomery County Community Fund announced $150,000 in grants of up to $12,000 to 16 nonprofits, schools and community organizations. Recipients were recognized at a celebration on October 29 at The Rotunda at Washington St. in Hermann, Missouri.
The grants follow priorities identified by county residents, spanning food access, STEAM education, workforce development, digital skills and veterans support. On food, the Hermann Community Food Pantry received the fund's largest grant to expand its capacity, other grants address food insecurity and plant a food forest, and the county health department will launch a diaper program for young families.
On education and jobs, the Wellsville-Middletown R1 district will launch a Tiger Robotics competitive robotics program, the Montgomery County 4-H Council will expand STEAM programming, Per Scholas will deliver technology training, and the Hermann Area Chamber of Commerce will develop a housing and workforce strategy.
Community-space grants will help two Lions clubs reinvest in their buildings, the Wellsville Community Athletic League improve its ballpark, the senior center upgrade its facility, and Montgomery City Memorial VFW Post 4436 fund its store supporting veterans and their families.
Amazon said the fund is part of its broader investment in Missouri, where it has invested more than $9 billion since 2010, alongside a planned investment of several billion dollars in a data center campus in Montgomery County.
Amazon press release on the community fund awards
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 密苏里州赫尔曼市市场街一带街景（资料图）。CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Market Street area of Hermann, Missouri (file photo). CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
